The Conseil scolaire Viamonde (CSV) is a public-secular French first language school board, and manages elementary and secondary schools in the Ontario Peninsula and the Greater Golden Horseshoe. The school board operates 41

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s and 16 secondary schools within that area. The school board operates two offices, one in

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, and one in Welland. The educational management office is located in the

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neighbourhood of Toronto, whereas the business and financial management office is located in Welland. The school board was formed in 1998 after several local school boards were amalgamated into the French-language Public District School Board No. 58. From 1999 to 2010, the school board was known as Conseil Scolaire de District du Centre-Sud-Ouest.http://www.csviamonde.ca/csviamonde/index.php?q=node/1655 Press release CSV is one of four members of the ''Association des conseils scolaires des écoles publiques de l'Ontario'' ( ACÉPO).

History

The board was created 1 January 1998 when the

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decided to amalgamate several secular French school boards in the Ontario Peninsula (an area made of Southwestern Ontario, and the Greater Golden Horseshoe). School boards that were amalgamated included: Shortly after the merger, the school board changed its name from French-language Public District School Board No. 58 to ''Conseil scolaire du district du Centre-Sud-Ouest''. The school board continued to operate as Centre-Sud-Ouest until November 15, 2010, when its name was changed to ''Conseil scolaire Viamonde''. In 2011, the school board announced its intention to buy an number of unused Toronto District School Board buildings; in order to do so, it has to use funds from the Ontario's Ministry of Education. After the government denied the funding, the board then announced plans to file a lawsuit against the provincial government.

List of schools

CSV presently operates 41 elementary schools and 15 secondary schools throughout Southwestern Ontario and most of the Greater Golden Horseshoe. The area in which the school board operates and provides schooling for covers 68,180 km² of Ontario.

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History

List of schools

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